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On the date
Thursday, February 12, 1959
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The Headlines
QUICK HELP ASKED BY COMMUTER LINE; Lackawanna Urges Haste -Rockefeller Plan Awaited QUICK HELP ASKED BY COMMUTER LINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Separate Tables
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
24,585 days ago
(67 years, 130 days)